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liz + dan (lost & found..)

5 February 2013

this is liz & dan… they know who they are…. & they know who they aren’t… and i love them for it.

some of us disconnect, travel the world, do some volunteer work, climb mt everest, do a contiki tour, buy a harley davison, master the rubik’s cube, get lost in the desert & drink their own urine from a snake skin (#beargrylls)… me? i got kicked out of uni & spent 18 months watching movies & surfing**.. whatever it is, we lose ourselves & somehow end up finding ourselves in the process.. that’s the adventure of life right? i’m not sure what liz & dan did, but they know themselves like google earth knows my backyard.

i can hear you all now, “hey todd, we love you man, but if you could get to the point that’d be great”.. well i’m glad you asked.

if you know yourself well, you express yourself well.. liz & dan express themselves in everything they do.. so when planning their wedding, their personalities as individuals and as a couple are automatically reflected 100% in that event.. brisbane’s restaurant II, a paul smith suit, a completely unique wedding gown, everything about their wedding – all essence of L&D.. as a photographer this is a dream gig because even before their day came, i already knew their wedding was going to be awesome & i already knew that their friends & family would love it too.. their wedding was perfect.

so let us charge our glasses as i propose a toast.. to liz & dan! we appreciate you.. (and to losing ourselves & finding ourselves in the process)..

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love you..

..::toddd

(** i later returned to university & finished my studies)

in weddings tags: creative wedding photographer, liz and dan, paul smith, restaurant 2, restaurant II

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8 February 2013 - 9:55 pm

Dan W - Thanks so much Todd and Alyda. We had an amazing day! Such a fun experience seeing the city through your eyes, and the end results speak for themselves!

You really have captured the essence of our wedding, and we just love going back through and sharing these photos with our friends.

Awesomeness x 1,000,000!

8 February 2013 - 12:42 pm

Dan O’Day - very talented pictures from you photographer of many men and woman. much good so much good on these #purchaseviagra

8 February 2013 - 12:04 pm

Farrah Allan - freaking amazing you guys!

8 February 2013 - 11:55 am

john benavente - oh yes! love it

8 February 2013 - 11:23 am

tasj - love it!

8 February 2013 - 10:18 am

Chris Buechner - Memorable, unique shots to compliment the unique wedding. Love the gif!!

8 February 2013 - 5:30 am

gee - good stuff

7 February 2013 - 1:33 pm

SHANE SHEPHERD - Wowzers. So darn awesome and stuff!

6 February 2013 - 8:49 pm

Deb - I love every image so amazing!

6 February 2013 - 11:00 am

Zosia - Better than a banana smoothie on a hot summer day!

5 February 2013 - 8:44 pm

el - You guys are clever clogs, aren’t you!!!! These are amazing! Love her dress! xoxo

5 February 2013 - 6:42 pm

Andy Gaines - awesome sauce guys! Love that gif!

5 February 2013 - 6:06 pm

Jamie - Great shots – but what really gets me is that you can literally take a photo of a fridge and it looks amazing.

5 February 2013 - 5:56 pm

Tenielle - naaaaailed it *said in my best singy voice*

5 February 2013 - 4:09 pm

Nick - So many great images up there ^^^ – beautiful work guys. Nice words too!

5 February 2013 - 3:56 pm

Alex Kennison - Great shots guys. Loved her dress.

10 February 2013 - 6:56 pm

Boho's Best Bits – W/C 4th February - [...] Liz and Dan (Lost and Found) – From Todd Hunter McGaw [...]

a couple of portraits..

15 November 2012

or, portraits of a couple..

like a play date with friends, i love these shoots because it’s exactly that.. play time.. no time limits, no geographical boundaries, just this..

me, sarah & jamie, (and a big scary dinosaur).

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as my good friend neil says, “keep on rockin in the free world”..

..:: todd

in little things, people tags: creative photographer, dinosaur, portrait photographer, sarah and jamie

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27 January 2013 - 9:37 pm

Zosia - Dinosuar photo = best. thing. ever.

19 January 2013 - 9:29 pm

Julian Beattie - Nailed it!

14 January 2013 - 6:13 am

Jonas Peterson - I love the dinosaur portrait so much.

7 January 2013 - 3:52 pm

Glen Holdaway - Amazing. I love the dinosaur pic – who couldn’t – but I’m taken by the 3rd pic, the shadows are sweet, very very cool. very inspiring.

7 January 2013 - 2:04 pm

Asmin - Very innovative photography. You really are great at capturing the perfect moments. Love the simple elegance of these beautiful warm light. It’s really amazing.

3 January 2013 - 10:24 pm

fer juaristi - All there! love this set bro.

31 December 2012 - 7:01 am

alan hughes - Cool shots here Todd…

29 December 2012 - 10:35 pm

Leah Spencer - Sometimes,long shots does not workout well but to my surprise I love all the long distance shots in this photo shoot,which looks terrific!!!!! Hats off Mr. Todd for the Dino shot, which was so creative…..

17 December 2012 - 11:04 am

Tenielle - Love the contrast between GOMA & the great outdoors. T-Rex wins, hands down. Clever kids.

13 December 2012 - 5:28 pm

Ruth Trevaskis - I love your use of light and strong sense of graphics. Amazing work.

11 December 2012 - 11:54 am

Julia - Awesome!

5 December 2012 - 3:09 pm

HayleyLane - Freaking cool! T-rex is my fave :)

28 November 2012 - 6:49 pm

caroline - YES!!! Dino shot is epic!

25 November 2012 - 9:09 pm

Pobsicle - Ermahhhhgerrrrd. !!!! You guys should be like, Queensland Wedding Photographers of the Year or something… You are amazing. :)

23 November 2012 - 2:03 pm

Shane Shepherd - I love love these shots! The dinosaur shot is a given, so good :) awesome work as always Team McGaw!

20 November 2012 - 2:35 pm

Jody Ryan - Gorgeous session – love the dino xxx

18 November 2012 - 8:52 am

samm blake - very awesome collection of images mcgaws!

15 November 2012 - 3:23 pm

mike fiechtner - so awesome! so many good shots! love that 3rd one!

15 November 2012 - 1:52 pm

David Ferguson | Brisbane - Ha, love the dinosaur! Really lovely, especially the 1st and 3rd :)

15 November 2012 - 1:39 pm

Rachael - I love the way you guys see the world :)

15 November 2012 - 1:18 pm

freerange designer - yeah, love the creative compositions!

15 November 2012 - 12:24 pm

john benavente - It is excellent…or excellent it is

15 November 2012 - 12:04 pm

Dan O’Day - this is definitely very good photography!

15 November 2012 - 11:55 am

S - Oh I do like you.

15 November 2012 - 11:53 am

tim Harris - Love your vision Todd

sarah + jaran (coming soon)..

2 October 2012

everyone, this is sarah.. she married jaran a few weeks ago, & i’m really looking forward to taking you to their wedding.

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love from todd.

in weddings tags: gif, gold coast photographer, gold coast wedding, sarah and jaran, Springbrook wedding

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11 December 2012 - 11:56 am

Julia - Nearly had a heart attack wit that blink! In a good way.

7 December 2012 - 1:21 pm

Adam - wow! simple but effective was browsing over the page looking at your beautiful work and thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.

20 November 2012 - 2:36 pm

Jody Ryan - wow look at her eyes, I can’t wait to see these x

11 November 2012 - 8:30 pm

Zosia - Ha! I jumped at the blink! Had a look through the website. Gorgeous stuff, sir!

4 November 2012 - 2:18 am

milsztof - I’d love to see more…

31 October 2012 - 9:01 am

Jakob - Full of win.

25 October 2012 - 3:00 pm

nirav - I like the way you see and think amigo. Looking forward to this one.

23 October 2012 - 1:00 pm

sam hurd - fantasmastic

8 October 2012 - 1:24 pm

Scout - The blink made me jump, cool but a little wacky….haha :P

8 October 2012 - 10:55 am

starrman - Can’t wait to see the rest!

6 October 2012 - 1:17 pm

Jazzy Jeff - Epic! On a side note, I need this beauty’s brow lady – holy perfect brows!

4 October 2012 - 11:48 am

thm - frog princess.. holy wow! you’re good :)

4 October 2012 - 11:09 am

mercedes - Saw it and thought “wouldn’t it be cool if…” and then it happened! <3!

2 October 2012 - 11:45 pm

Sarah Shoelayson - Yes Frog Princess.. It is a Collette Dinnigan dress! I should really pick it up from the dry cleaners..

Great photo Todd.. Great fringe styling Alyda!

2 October 2012 - 8:12 pm

SHANE - Awesome shot AND didn’t expect her to blink at all! So cool!

2 October 2012 - 7:07 pm

Dan O’Day - hurry please!

2 October 2012 - 6:41 pm

Tanya Love - That scared the you know what outta me! lol. Very cool!

2 October 2012 - 6:37 pm

juanita - oh that is just sublime! (though it did freak me out just bit at first… :)

2 October 2012 - 6:34 pm

Frog Princess - I spy with my little eye… i spy a Collette Dinnigan lace dress !! ???

2 October 2012 - 6:28 pm

Richard Windeyer - You clever bastard… I love it!!!

andrew redford

27 September 2012

this is andrew.. (everyone say “hello andrew”).. he’s a singer/songwriter & he contacted recently me to get some promotional portraits done to reflect his awesomeness onto the world.. he has one of those voices that slaps you in the face & makes you want to pay attention.. in a nice way.. and he’s only 20.. you’ll see what i mean here.. & check out his facebook & youtube channel too :)

so andrew & i hung out for a couple of hours, talking about music, his music, the business of music, what he likes about music, where he sees his music in 5 years… about recording music, playing live music.. about the music industry, about family & friends, relationships.. then we stopped in at a cafe & i had some raison toast because i hadn’t eaten lunch & was starving – andrew had already eaten.. and we took some more photos.. together.. i was his director of photography/creative director, & he brought all of himself and i could see that his mind was open… he also brought his guitar & a few different shirts.. i’d known him for an hour, & it was obvious that andrew knows himself very, very well.. and he’s only 20.. he’s an old soul in a young body.. we weren’t even half way through our shoot & i found myself thinking, “holy life experience batman! if only i knew as much about life, and people as this guy does when i was 20!”

not just another day.

..::toddd

in items of radness, people tags: andrew redford, band photographer, musician photographer, portrait photographer, sunshine coast photographer

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20 November 2012 - 2:38 pm

Jody Ryan - what a fantastic series xxx Love it big time xx

31 October 2012 - 7:25 pm

benyew Perth - Awesome work! :)

30 October 2012 - 11:32 pm

fer juaristi - freaking awesome set! macho dude to the max!

18 October 2012 - 9:34 pm

Emma - I love that you included the bit about raison toast! I LOVE raison toast! I also love these photos :)

18 October 2012 - 12:02 pm

Nicole Hastings - Fantastic smile. Off to check him out. Great work.

6 October 2012 - 1:16 pm

Jazzy Jeff - I haven’t even heard his music (yet) and I already want to buy his album. And let’s just say, it’s a good thing we all got together and had some fun on 25-11-11… He’s a bit of alright! Toddtastic, once again!

2 October 2012 - 8:42 pm

SHANE SHEPHERD - I wish I had shots like these when I (thought I) was a rockstar :) so much goodness. Oh, and Andrew my wife said you are cute. I don’t know how I feel about that, but I’ll live with it. :)

2 October 2012 - 8:06 pm

Lydia - Very arty. Love your interpretation of space.

29 September 2012 - 4:24 pm

caroline - i want to listen to his music. i love his style & the mood in these pics. so great, this whole session!

28 September 2012 - 7:19 pm

Angie Baxter - An incredible series – I love these so much!

28 September 2012 - 7:59 am

Deb - I love them all but I stopped twice at the one in the field with a smile :) It made my heart happy

27 September 2012 - 8:16 pm

em - Oh I do love a good grassy field shot!! :D

27 September 2012 - 6:01 pm

Samantha Davis - Love these pics Todd, you’ve somehow got across that he is an old soul in a young body, and there is lot of depth to these shots. Great variety too, helps that he’s ‘a looker’ as we’d say in the UK :)

27 September 2012 - 4:32 pm

Mark Tierney - Superb Todd.

27 September 2012 - 4:13 pm

Dan O’Day - awesomeness to the max +7 – great set kiddo

27 September 2012 - 2:41 pm

Reggie Beehner - stunning portraits.

27 September 2012 - 12:18 pm

jessika matthews - ah! love .. fabulous work, again Todd :)

27 September 2012 - 11:58 am

Tyler Alberti - Wow… Beautiful shots Todd!

27 September 2012 - 11:20 am

Andrew Kwintowski - This is a great series Todd. Really enjoyed the images.

27 September 2012 - 10:46 am

Adam Finch - Strong, dynamic, and thoughtful. Really lovely stuff my friend, really lovely stuff

27 September 2012 - 10:38 am

Paul - Flippin’ love these dude. Great work!

27 September 2012 - 10:36 am

Tenielle - Sharp. Really amazing frames Todd.

27 September 2012 - 10:34 am

liz arcus - I love this collection !

27 September 2012 - 10:33 am

chris prestidge - brillant work as always todd, love this series!

27 September 2012 - 10:29 am

Jonas Peterson - Great stuff, man.

persian wedding perfection..

18 September 2012

a persian wedding is more like a 1 day festival.. it’s totally not like our modern Australian style weddings.. there’s lots more noise, lots of music – loud music, lots of singing, & the dancing… oh man, the dancing!

Yalda & Roozbeh’s wedding is a supremo example of how the persian’s like to celebrate.. the Sofreh ceremony kicks things off with various steps symbolizing prosperity, & blessing the couple with a long and happy life together, (and blessing them with 400 baby children).. it’s amazing to witness, (even though we couldn’t understand a word that was said).. we then took Y&R on a little photo adventure, & came back for the reception… persian receptions are off the chain to say the least.. & the dancing… a-maze-zing.

I can officially say that yes, Yalda & Roozbeh are awarded the grand prize for the much coveted, todd hunter mcgaw – “most time spent together on the dance floor at a wedding reception – bridal couple category”.. a non-stop dance-a-thon… the d.floor was packed solid all night.. i’ve never seen anything like it… it was really really really good.

so, for those of you with bucket lists in the works, add this.. “Attend a persian wedding”.. 1. meet some excellent people of persian descent (i can highly recommend yalda & roozbeh – they’re really nice), 2. become great friends with them, 2(a). if they are already married, get them to introduce you to some unmarried persian people.. (repeat step 2), 3. receive an invite to their wedding, 4. attend said wedding.

a HUGE thank you, (and hugs) to yalda & roozbeh for choosing us.. & to Tattersall’s Club – amazing venue as always, & co-ordinator Claire is super nice :)

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dance like nobody’s watching ;)

..::toddd

in weddings tags: brisbane wedding photographer, persian wedding, persian wedding photographer, sofreh, sofreh ceremony, Tattersall's Club, Tattersalls, Yalda and Roozbeh

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16 November 2012 - 3:09 pm

HayleyLane - Simply stunning!

6 October 2012 - 1:19 pm

Jazzy Jeff - What they all said. And now, not only do I want to get married again but I want to get married Persian style. Love it!

27 September 2012 - 10:28 am

Stew - Damn… that’s it, I’m throwing my camera in the bin! :)

26 September 2012 - 8:00 am

caroline - wow, what an incredible set of images!!!

24 September 2012 - 5:38 pm

scott thomas - You have to love those Persian Wedding, Everyone always has a good time.

23 September 2012 - 9:02 am

thm - hi Anastasia,
all of our weddings are memorable in some way :) we love immersing ourselves into other cultures & have photographed lots of different wedding traditions – Persian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Serbian, Hindi, modern Australian, Indigenous Australian, Korean, Fijian.. I’d LOVE to grab the chance to be part of a greek wedding! ..::t

22 September 2012 - 9:27 am

starrman - Love a persian wedding….love thmc photography

21 September 2012 - 7:12 pm

Anastasia - AMAZING AMAZING BEAUTIFUL photos taken of a beautiful, important event, with beautiful people!(My best friend was the bride) But please dont limit your photographs and perception that only persian weddings are memorable. I’d like to see how you depict and capture a Greek Wedding. There is a lot of culture, traditions and emotions and celebrations in Greek weddings too. I’d like to get you details and keep this link to show to my family and friends – for potential weddings please. There are many similar values with Greek and Persian people. Both incredibly beautiful, captured so perfectly with your camera and skill.

20 September 2012 - 9:05 pm

Yalda - those question marks are hearts!

20 September 2012 - 8:51 pm

Roozbeh - Thanks guys you were awesome! We were very lucky to have you as our photographer :)

20 September 2012 - 8:50 pm

Yalda - You guys are amazing! Can’t stop looking at our wedding photos :)

???Todd Hunter Mcgaw= BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS EVER!???

19 September 2012 - 8:48 pm

Christine - Dang it – submitted my comment before I was finished! I meant to add, “I LOVES IT! You rock, Team McGaw! :)”

19 September 2012 - 8:47 pm

Christine - YES!!!!!!!!!!! :) :)

19 September 2012 - 10:39 am

Alexander Gardner - Heck, you should try a Persian New Years Celebration! Woo!
Bravo McGaws!

19 September 2012 - 10:15 am

Ben C - Nice work McGaws .. !

18 September 2012 - 7:09 pm

Scout - Super cool shots, well done team.

18 September 2012 - 5:06 pm

Tenielle - persians know how to party party. todd knows how to shooty shooty.

18 September 2012 - 11:39 am

S - God you guys are GOOD

18 September 2012 - 10:47 am

chris prestidge - amazing – magic from start to finish!!!

18 September 2012 - 10:40 am

Shane Shepherd - You gotta fight (dah dah), for your right (dah dah), to paaarrrrrty!

18 September 2012 - 10:31 am

Oli - Madbeans. Persians are crazy cats (and the massively untapped and underrated culinary kings… holy hell).

18 September 2012 - 10:30 am

Deb - Amazing journey of culture experienced through your images! Well done Team McGaw!

18 September 2012 - 10:18 am

Iano - Supreme….

18 September 2012 - 9:53 am

Jonas Peterson - Todd Hunter McGaw = the prince of Persia.

18 September 2012 - 9:46 am

JK Blackwell - So cool! x

18 September 2012 - 9:44 am

Mitra - I can hear the music in the pictures and it reminds me of…everything. I love to dance to persian music, I love the scent of the food, the scent that lingers for days but I love it, the flicking of the wrist and the tossing
of the head when dancing, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i miss it all!!!!!
I love this.<3

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